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Student Newspaper of the University of Southern California Since 1912 | www.dailytrojan.com | VOL. 169, NO. 21 | Thursday February 11, 2010
InDEX
2 · News Digest
4 · Opinion
7 · Lifestyle
10 · Sudoku
12 · Classifieds
16 · Sports
Comedic Giant: Aziz
Ansari bowls over Bovard on
Monday evening. ONLINE
Dominant: The USC women’s golf
team captures a wire-to-wire victory
to open spring season. PAGE 16
By Grace Wong
Daily Trojan
Covering issues including sustainability, the sur-rounding
community and academic schedules, the
Undergraduate Student Government presidential debate
Wednesday gave each presidential candidate the chance
to better explain their platform to students.
The debate was moderated by Kate Cagle, the execu-tive
producer of Annenberg T.V. News, Kate Mather, on-line
editor for the Daily Trojan and Dan Schnur, direc-tor
of the Jesse M. Unruh Institute of Politics. The event,
which ran about an hour and a half long, was attended by
about 100 students, some of them wearing apparel and
support buttons for the different candidates.
The candidates were asked specific questions based
on their platforms. Each candidate was asked two ques-tions
and had a chance to give closing statements to reit-erate
their opinions.
The candidates shared similar opinions regarding im-proving
the neighborhood around USC, agreeing that
improved road paving and better leadership in terms of
carrying out policies is needed.
“Our reputation is affected by what the surrounding
area looks like,” said Dylan Dann, currently a Greek sena-tor
and one of the presidential candidates.
Candidates disagreed, however, when it came to is-sues
about tuition.
Candidates
square off at
USG debate
Candidates agreed on what issues must be
addressed but differed in their approaches.
| see debate, page 11 |
By liz warden
Daily Trojan
Student access to an online campus food or-dering
system, safer tram stops, direct student
involvement in sustainability and town hall-like
meetings are just a few of the goals presiden-tial
candidate Chris Cheng and vice presidential
candidate Nehi Ogbevoen said will help bring
the “premier collegiate experience to USC.”
A junior majoring in international relations
and a member of Pi Kappa Phi fraternity, Cheng
is currently USG director of outreach and served
as assistant director of communications last
year. Ogbevoen, a junior majoring in health pro-motion
and disease prevention and a member
of Kappa Sigma fraternity, is currently a mem-ber
of the USG Academic Research Fund and is
also involved in community service events and
groups such as Dance Marathon and Troy Camp.
Both candidates say they see USC through a
wide lens because of their involvement in vari-ous
activities.
“We think we can really connect to the major-ity
of almost all Trojans, and that’s something
we pride ourselves in — is being the most active
candidates,” Cheng said.
One of their goals is reaching to the entire stu-dent
body to hear different voices and opinions
in organized town hall meetings every month.
Town halls would cover issues such as housing,
dining, financial aid, entertainment program-ming,
academic research, academics and com-munity
service.
Cheng, Ogbevoen want to connect students and leaders
The presidential ticket has proposed
town hall meetings that they hope will be
attended by university leaders.
| see candida tes, page 3 |
Photo courtesy of Chris Cheng
Making it happen · Presidential candidate Chris Cheng (right) and vice presidential candidate
Nehi Ogbevoen have researched their propositions to ensure they can deliver on their promises.
David Ji | Daily Trojan
Head-to-head · Undergraduate Student Government presidential candidates (left to right) Chris Cheng, Andrew Matson, Dylan
Dann and Jonathan Munoz-Proulx discussed their platforms and stances on important issues at Wednesday night’s debate.
By alexandra tilsley
Daily Trojan
After approaching the
Undergraduate Student
Government Senate on Tuesday
in hopes of receiving $5,000 in
funding, organizers of the Dance
Marathon have been told their
event cannot receive funding from
any branch of USG. The group has
other plans, however, to be sure the
event goes off as planned.
Dance Marathon organizers
had originally sought funding
from USG’s discretionary funding
board, which has contributed to
the event in past years. They were
turned down, however, because the
funding board will not give mon-ey
to events with an entry fee, and
Dance Marathon’s registration cost
was interpreted as an entry fee.
Short by about $8,000, organiz-ers
appealed to members of the
Senate on Tuesday. After question-ing
and some debate, it was decid-ed
the Senate would vote on the re-quest
at its next meeting.
Once the Senate meeting ended,
members of the two USG branches
USG won’t
fund Dance
Marathon
Organizers of the Dance
Marathon are using their own
funds to put on the event.
| see MARATHON, page 2 |

Student Newspaper of the University of Southern California Since 1912 | www.dailytrojan.com | VOL. 169, NO. 21 | Thursday February 11, 2010
InDEX
2 · News Digest
4 · Opinion
7 · Lifestyle
10 · Sudoku
12 · Classifieds
16 · Sports
Comedic Giant: Aziz
Ansari bowls over Bovard on
Monday evening. ONLINE
Dominant: The USC women’s golf
team captures a wire-to-wire victory
to open spring season. PAGE 16
By Grace Wong
Daily Trojan
Covering issues including sustainability, the sur-rounding
community and academic schedules, the
Undergraduate Student Government presidential debate
Wednesday gave each presidential candidate the chance
to better explain their platform to students.
The debate was moderated by Kate Cagle, the execu-tive
producer of Annenberg T.V. News, Kate Mather, on-line
editor for the Daily Trojan and Dan Schnur, direc-tor
of the Jesse M. Unruh Institute of Politics. The event,
which ran about an hour and a half long, was attended by
about 100 students, some of them wearing apparel and
support buttons for the different candidates.
The candidates were asked specific questions based
on their platforms. Each candidate was asked two ques-tions
and had a chance to give closing statements to reit-erate
their opinions.
The candidates shared similar opinions regarding im-proving
the neighborhood around USC, agreeing that
improved road paving and better leadership in terms of
carrying out policies is needed.
“Our reputation is affected by what the surrounding
area looks like,” said Dylan Dann, currently a Greek sena-tor
and one of the presidential candidates.
Candidates disagreed, however, when it came to is-sues
about tuition.
Candidates
square off at
USG debate
Candidates agreed on what issues must be
addressed but differed in their approaches.
| see debate, page 11 |
By liz warden
Daily Trojan
Student access to an online campus food or-dering
system, safer tram stops, direct student
involvement in sustainability and town hall-like
meetings are just a few of the goals presiden-tial
candidate Chris Cheng and vice presidential
candidate Nehi Ogbevoen said will help bring
the “premier collegiate experience to USC.”
A junior majoring in international relations
and a member of Pi Kappa Phi fraternity, Cheng
is currently USG director of outreach and served
as assistant director of communications last
year. Ogbevoen, a junior majoring in health pro-motion
and disease prevention and a member
of Kappa Sigma fraternity, is currently a mem-ber
of the USG Academic Research Fund and is
also involved in community service events and
groups such as Dance Marathon and Troy Camp.
Both candidates say they see USC through a
wide lens because of their involvement in vari-ous
activities.
“We think we can really connect to the major-ity
of almost all Trojans, and that’s something
we pride ourselves in — is being the most active
candidates,” Cheng said.
One of their goals is reaching to the entire stu-dent
body to hear different voices and opinions
in organized town hall meetings every month.
Town halls would cover issues such as housing,
dining, financial aid, entertainment program-ming,
academic research, academics and com-munity
service.
Cheng, Ogbevoen want to connect students and leaders
The presidential ticket has proposed
town hall meetings that they hope will be
attended by university leaders.
| see candida tes, page 3 |
Photo courtesy of Chris Cheng
Making it happen · Presidential candidate Chris Cheng (right) and vice presidential candidate
Nehi Ogbevoen have researched their propositions to ensure they can deliver on their promises.
David Ji | Daily Trojan
Head-to-head · Undergraduate Student Government presidential candidates (left to right) Chris Cheng, Andrew Matson, Dylan
Dann and Jonathan Munoz-Proulx discussed their platforms and stances on important issues at Wednesday night’s debate.
By alexandra tilsley
Daily Trojan
After approaching the
Undergraduate Student
Government Senate on Tuesday
in hopes of receiving $5,000 in
funding, organizers of the Dance
Marathon have been told their
event cannot receive funding from
any branch of USG. The group has
other plans, however, to be sure the
event goes off as planned.
Dance Marathon organizers
had originally sought funding
from USG’s discretionary funding
board, which has contributed to
the event in past years. They were
turned down, however, because the
funding board will not give mon-ey
to events with an entry fee, and
Dance Marathon’s registration cost
was interpreted as an entry fee.
Short by about $8,000, organiz-ers
appealed to members of the
Senate on Tuesday. After question-ing
and some debate, it was decid-ed
the Senate would vote on the re-quest
at its next meeting.
Once the Senate meeting ended,
members of the two USG branches
USG won’t
fund Dance
Marathon
Organizers of the Dance
Marathon are using their own
funds to put on the event.
| see MARATHON, page 2 |